hexa-

See also: hexa

Translingual

Alternative forms
  • hex- (before a vowel)

Etymology

From Latin hexa-, from Ancient Greek ἑξα- (hexa-), from ἕξ (héx, “six”).

Prefix
Greek number prefix
6 Previous: penta-
Next: hepta-

hexa-

  1. six

Synonyms

Derived terms
Translingual terms prefixed with hexa-

English

Alternative forms
  • hex- (before a vowel)

Etymology

From Latin hexa-, from Ancient Greek ἑξα- (hexa-), from ἕξ (héx, “six”).

Prefix
Greek number prefix
6 Previous: penta-
Next: hepta-

hexa-

  1. six

Synonyms

Derived terms
English terms prefixed with hexa-

Translations

See also

French

Pronunciation
  • (mute h) IPA(key): /ɛɡ.za/

Prefix

hexa-

  1. hexa-

Derived terms
French terms prefixed with hexa-

Hungarian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἑξα- (hexa-), from ἕξ (héx, “six”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈhɛksɒ]
  • Hyphenation: he‧xa

Prefix

hexa-

  1. hexa- (forming compound words with the sense of "six")

Derived terms
Hungarian adjectives prefixed with hexa-

References
  1. Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἑξα- (hexa-), from ἕξ (héx, “six”).

Pronunciation

Prefix

hexa-

  1. hexa-

Descendants
  • Italian: esa-

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin hexa-, from Ancient Greek ἑξα- (hexa-), from ἕξ (héx, “six”).

Prefix

hexa-

  1. penta-
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